Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Crisis Services Program is designed to provide face-to-face, short term intensive mental health services in a variety of community settings. Services are initiated during a mental health crisis with the intent of helping the individual to cope with immediate stressors, identify and use available resources and individual strengths, and to assist the individual in returning to their baseline level of functioning. The Crisis Services program includes three primary service components: Crisis Mobile Outreach (“CMO”); Crisis Support Management (“CSM”); and Licensed Crisis Residential Service (“LCRS”). Additional services which are included in the program are Certified Peer Specialist Support (“CPSS”) and the Crisis Management Fund (“CMF”). All primary service components and additional services must be provided, with the exception that in remote and rural areas or in areas where the need for licensed crisis beds is not sufficient enough to financially support the service, the PROVIDER may propose a reasonable and adequate alternative to the LCRS component. In each geographical area that it proposes to serve, the PROVIDER shall designate a Qualified Mental Health Professional (“QMHP”) to lead the CMO team(s). The CMO QMHP shall provide clinical oversight and accountability of the entire crisis services program, in order to ensure seamless entry and coordination of care.
